Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 19:58:15 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: Matthew West <mwest@cs.uct.ac.za> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Donatas <donatas@lrtc.net> Subject: Re: kernel.gz.aa & kernel.gz.ab Message-ID: <200509051958.15927.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20050905085640.GA92085@apotheosis.org.za> References: <051d01c5afba$cdc9a7d0$9f90a8c0@donatas> <200509020847.31406.lists@jnielsen.net> <20050905085640.GA92085@apotheosis.org.za>
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On Monday 05 September 2005 04:56 am, Matthew West wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:47:30AM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > > On Friday 02 September 2005 08:35, Donatas wrote: > > > wonder how could I decompress $subj files....they doesn't seems to be > > > in tar or gzip formats. > > > > > > files are taken from kern1.flp nad kern2.flp on 5.4-RELEASE/floppies > > > > cat kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab > kernel.gz > > gunzip kernel.gz > > You're still missing the first part of the file. > > You also need to grab kernel.gz.boot from the boot.flp image. > > Then you can do a: > > cat kernel.gz.boot kernel.gz.aa kernel.gz.ab > kernel.gz That makes sense. Do you know offhand what the other file on the boot floppy is for (kernel.gz.split, I believe)? JN
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